ASN Aircraft accident Cessna 208B Grand Caravan VH-WZJ Caloundra Airport, QLD (CUD)
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Status:Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Date:Wednesday 25 January 2006
Type:Silhouette image of generic C208 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Cessna 208B Grand Caravan
Operator:Aero-Tropics Air Services
Registration: VH-WZJ
MSN: 208B1108
First flight: 2005
Engines: 1 Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-114A
Crew:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Passengers:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Total:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Aircraft fate: Repaired
Location:Caloundra Airport, QLD (CUD) (   Australia)
Phase: Landing (LDG)
Nature:Test
Departure airport:Caloundra Airport, QLD (CUD/YCDR), Australia
Destination airport:Caloundra Airport, QLD (CUD/YCDR), Australia
Narrative:
The pilot was reportedly distracted by another aircraft in the corner of his eye when landing and overshot the runway by about 250 m. It ran through a fence, sustaining about AUS$40,000 worth of damage. The pilot had been undertaking a test flight before he was due to fly the plane to its new owners, LIP-Air (dba Aero-Tropics), in Cairns that afternoon. The aircraft was registered in Australia on January 20, 2006.
Caloundra has a single 800 m (2608 feet) runway.

Classification:
Runway excursion

Sources:
» The Courier-Mail


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